Videos depicting the gruesome aftermath of the attack showed people covered in blood lying on the ground with some running in panic, fires raging and a plumes of smoke rising from the site. Photos and videos shared on social media revealed the extent of the devastation, depicting bloodied and wounded people crying for help among the burning wreckage. Islamic State declared from Mosul a "caliphate" over parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014.

Baghdad's Karrada street, where the ice cream shop is located, is lined with popular restaurants and cafes.

The bombing, which was claimed by Daesh terrorist group, has wreaked havoc in the area, he said.

A third blast near a government office in Karkh district killed seven and wounded 38 others, Reuters reported.

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the coalition against ISIS, tweeted, "Isis [IS] terrorists tonight in Baghdad target children & families enjoying time together at an ice cream shop".

An IS truck bomb which ripped through a packed market in the same district during last year's Ramadan killed 300 people, making it the deadliest attack in Baghdad since Saddam Hussein was ousted from power in 2003.

ISIS still now controls the northern city of Mosul, according to ABC News.